Title: The Wish
Title Record # 75968
Author: Roald Dahl
Date: 1948-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Roald Dahl
Date: 1948-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: This title has no votes. VOTE
Current Tags: horror (1) Add Tags
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Someone Like You | 1953-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Alfred A. Knopf | $3.50?$: US dollar |
359 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Someone Like You | 1954-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Secker & Warburg | 12/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
256 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories | 1956-10-00 | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Books | A1519 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
xi+ 210 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Daniel Schwartz (artist) |  |
| Someone Like You | 1961-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | 295 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| Someone Like You | 1961-08-00 | Roald Dahl | Dell | F139 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
320 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Victor Kalin | |
| M'n liefje, m'n duifje | 1962-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Meulenhoff (Meulenhoff Editie #20) | E20 | 253 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | |||
| Griezelverhalen 2 | 1962-00-00 | ed. A. Kolsteren | Het Spectrum (Prisma #775) | 775 | 189 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | R. van Giffen | |
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| M'n liefje, m'n duifje | 1963-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Meulenhoff (Meulenhoff Editie #20) | E20 | ƒ4.50 | 253 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | |
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| Someone Like You | 1965-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Four Square Books | 1229 | 3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
252 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
| Someone Like You | 1965-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Dell | 8116 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
253 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
| Something Strange | 1969-00-00 | ed. Mary Delores Jarmon, Domenica Paterno, Marjorie B. Smiley | Macmillan |
ix+ 246 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | ||||
| Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl | 1969-11-00 | Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | 0-7181-0697-0 | £?£: UK pound |
442 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
| Someone Like You | 1970-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books | 0-14-003074-3 | 270 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Omnific | ||
| Someone Like You | 1972-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Pocket Books | 0-671-77485-9 | 246 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | |||
| Adventure and Suspense | 1973-00-00 | ed. Marion L. Huyck | Scholastic | 192 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | ||||
| Wolf's Complete Book of Terror | 1979-06-00 | ed. Leonard Wolf | Clarkson N. Potter | 0-517-53752-4 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 473 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Virgil Finlay | |
| Wolf's Complete Book of Terror | 1979-06-00 | ed. Leonard Wolf | Clarkson N. Potter | 0-517-53635-8 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 473 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Virgil Finlay | |
| Points of View Book 1 | 1980-00-00 | ed. Bryan Newton | Ward, Lock | 0-7062-3857-5 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
Küßchen, Küßchen!?Kuesschen, Kuesschen! |
1980-10-00 | Roald Dahl | Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft | 01079 3 | 446 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Wolfgang Lauter | |
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| Rakkaani, kyyhkyläiseni / Joku kaltaisesi | 1985-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho | 951-643-680-3 |
258+ 198 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |
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| A Second Roald Dahl Selection | 1987-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Longman | 0-582-22499-3 |
iii+ 150 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | |||
| Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories! | 1987-08-00 | ed. Joan Kahn | Greenwillow Books / William Morrow | 0-688-07167-8 | $11.75?$: US dollar |
159 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Scare Care | 1989-06-00 | ed. Graham Masterton | Tor | 0-312-93156-5 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 403 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Thomas Canty | |
| Scare Care | 1990-09-00 | ed. Graham Masterton | Severn House | 0-7278-4113-0 | £13.95?£: UK pound |
xii+ 403 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Scare Care | 1990-10-00 | ed. Graham Masterton | Tor | 0-812-51097-6 | $4.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 400 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Thomas Canty | |
| Scare Care | 1991-00-00 | ed. Graham Masterton | Grafton | 0-586-21123-3 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
496 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Bruno Elettori | |
| The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl | 1991-09-00 | Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | 0-7181-3545-8 | £15.99?£: UK pound |
iv+ 762 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
| Wolf's Complete Book of Terror | 1994-11-00 | ed. Leonard Wolf | Newmarket Press | 1-55704-214-4 | $16.00?$: US dollar |
viii+ 343 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | ||
| Skin and Other Stories | 2000-02-00 | Roald Dahl | Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) | 0-14-130553-3 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
vii+ 212 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Bill Gregory | |
| Ten Short Stories | 2000-03-30 | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books (Penguin Student Edition) | 0-14-081778-6 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
190 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Valerie Conway | |
| Skin and Other Stories | 2000-07-00 | Roald Dahl | Viking | 0-670-89184-3 | $15.99?$: US dollar |
212 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bill Gregory | |
| Skin and Other Stories | 2001-09-27 | Roald Dahl | Puffin | 0-14-131151-7 |
[viii]+ 213 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Bill Gregory | ||
| The Wizards' Den: Spellbinding Stories of Magic and Magicians | 2001-11-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Souvenir Press | 0-285-63628-6 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
255 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Antony Wooten | |
| A Caverna dos Magos | 2003-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Bertrand Brasil | 85-286-1036-5 | 254 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | |||
| The Wizards' Den: Spellbinding Stories of Magic and Magicians | 2003-10-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Souvenir Press | 0-285-63677-4 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
255 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Antony Wooten | |
| Collected Stories | 2006-10-17 | Roald Dahl | Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library #300) | 0-307-26490-4 | $30.00?$: US dollar |
xxxviii+ 850 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Someone Like You | 2009-12-07 | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books | 978-0-14-196207-8 | £6.49?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Someone Like You | 2009-12-07 | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) | 978-0-14-118964-2 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
272 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Adrianna Williams | |
| Someone Like You | date unknown | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books | 0-14-003074-3 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
270 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | John Caple | |
| The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl | date unknown | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books India | 978-0-14-015807-6 | Rs 499.00 | 762 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Elizabeth Thomas |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction